Desert Botanical Garden—morning walk (May 2021)
After my evening stroll through the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday, May 18, I was back 12 hours later for a morning walk. With the sun rising quickly in the sky, the golden light and long shadows didn't last long, but I enjoyed the cooler temperatures and the relatively uncrowded paths (capacity controls are still in place). Another advantage to visiting early in the day: It's easy to find a good parking spot. I hope you'll enjoy looking at these photos as much as I did taking them. New plantings at the garden entrance Golden barrels ( Echinocactus grusonii ) and prostrate yellow emu bush ( Eremophila glabra ), an unexpected cross-continental combination that works Speaking of golden barrels, they look great paired with just about anything, but especially Yucca rostrata and Agave parryi I photographed this vertical aloe planting a year and a half ago, and it's still going strong. Of course it's possible that the plants have been swapped out a ti...